What Doesn’t Kill You Doesn’t Make You Stronger

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They say what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, but that’s not the whole truth. Because what doesn’t kill you can make you bitter. What doesn’t kill you can leave you numb. And what doesn’t kill you can lead you to make bad decisions with even worse consequences….

I became a single mom a few years ago, when on an ordinary June evening, I went to bed happily married and woke up a widow. I was suddenly single parenting seven children, facing overwhelming change and navigating deep pain while shepherding my children through theirs.

Becoming a widow and single mom didn’t magically make me stronger. Dealing with a hurricane on my own, figuring out finances and learning how to fix the pool pump were all difficult, but they did not automatically build fortitude.

Because circumstances alone cannot make us stronger. Our circumstances are value neutral.

…If the circumstances don’t change us, then what does? Here are 5 choices we can make to grow stronger when we’re facing difficulty:

1.Rely on God’s strength. This is by far the secret to any strength we develop….

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